Lance Wyman 1992 SEGD Fellow

June 1, 1992

Lance Wyman is considered one of the most influential graphic designers of our time, and is credited with helping to define the field of environmental graphic design. Lance Wyman (B.1937, Newark, NJ, USA) is a graphic designer specializing in systems for cities, events, institutions and transit systems. He founded Lance Wyman Ltd. in 1979 and has focused his work primarily on branding/wayfinding systems for public environments.

His graphic system for the 1968 Mexico City Olympics has been cited as “one of the most successful in the evolution of visual identification.”

Lance Wyman’s early landmark work also includes branding/wayfinding for the Mexico City Metro, the National Zoo, and the Minnesota Zoo, which TIME magazine selected as one of the 10 best designs of 1981. His other successful public communication systems have included the original map for the Washington, D.C., Metro, branding and wayfinding signage for pedestrian skywalk systems in Calgary and Edmonton, the Amtrak High Speed Rail facility at Pennsylvania Station, the St. George Staten Island Ferry Terminal in New York, the American Museum of Natural History, and the New Mexico RailRunner railway system, among many others.

He teaches corporate and wayfinding design at Parsons where he has been a visiting lecturer since 1973.

A long time supporter of SEGD, Lance Wyman has been involved in the association for more than 20 years. He designed the 40th Anniversary limited edition poster for SEGD and has participated as a speaker in conferences and as a juror on the Global Design Awards multiple times.

Read what Lance Wyman has to say about the design of the Sochi and Olympic branding today.

View Lance’s work at Lance Wyman Ltd and connect with him on LinkedIn.